Combined badge and pencil-holder.



No. 696,65l. Patented Apr. I, 1902.

J. A. MANGOLD. COMBINED BADGE AND PENCIL HOLDER.

(Application filqd July 6, 1901.)

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JOHN A. MANGOLD, OF MOUNDSVILLE, VEST VIRGINIA.

COMBHNED BADGE AND PENCIL HOLDER.

SEEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,651, dated April 1, 1902.

Application filed July 6. 1901.

To alt whom it may concern.-

Be itknown thatI, JOHN A. MANGOLD, a citizen of the United Statcs, residing at Moundsville, in the county of Marshall and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Combined Badge and PencilJ-Iolder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined badge and pencil-holder, and has for its object to present a cheaply constructed, neatly appearing, and thoroughly-efficient article for the purpose designed and one which will be readily attached to or detached from a ment without danger of injury thereto.

A further object is to present an article of the character described which without any change in the structural arrangement may be employed for interchangeable exposition of differen tly-ornamented badges or buttons, such as a button bearing a photograph, a lodge-emblem, or a business or other advertisement.

With these and other objects in view, as will be readily appreciated as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a combined badge and pencil-holder, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts, I have illustrated a form of embodiment of my invention capable ofcarrying my ideas into effect, it being understood that the construction and arrangement of parts herein shown may be varied or changed without departing from the spirit of the invention, and in these drawings Figure 1 is a View in sectional elevation exhibiting a portion of a vest-pocket with the holder attached thereto and a pencil, indicated by dotted lines, in engagement with the holder. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation, partly in section, showing more particularly the coactive relation existing between the holder and the badge when the latter is positioned upon the holder. Fig. 3 is a perspective View in detail of the holder with the button detached. Fig. 4 is a similar view with the locking-sleeve shown in Fig. 3 omitted.

The device of the present invention com- Serial No. 6 7,3 3 5. (No modelprises in a single structure two spring pencilclamps and two combined garment-piercing and badge-holding members, the parts being formed of a single piece of resilient wire bent to the shape to present the elements named.

In constructing the holder characterized by my invention a piece of wire constituting a blank is taken and bent upon itself at its center to form a loop 1, and at a predetermined point from the crest of the loop the blank-arms are bent one or more times upon themselves to present two coiled springs 2, the loop from its crest to the springs constituting one member of the pencil clamp. From the springs the blank-arms are bent rearward on the outside of the clamp member and cross the same at a point approximately midway of its length, and at a point about in line with the crest of the loop or a little above or below the same the blank-arms are bent across each other in parallelism and parallel with the width of the loop 1, forminga second loop 3, and are held in this parallel position by a locking-sleeve 4, consisting of a piece of sheet metal bent around the crest of the second loop, this latter loop, from its crest to the springs 2, constituting the other member of the pencitclamp. From the crest 3 the blankarms are'bent at right angles to the crest,

cially known as a hollow-back button and.

is composed of a piece of metal, such as tin, having its rear edge slightlyincurved, as at 9, to present a flange and bearing on its outer surface the matter to be exhibited, which may be, as stated, a lodge-emblem, a photograph, or a business-advertisement. These buttons are made in standard sizes and are furnished to the trade with whatever matter is desired to be exhibited thereon, and in order to adapt the holder for accommodating interchangeably a number of these buttons it will only be necessary to form the pins from the projections 6 to their points of such length as to permit the pins to be sprung in under the flange 9 of the button, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, the flange of the button when thus positioned being engaged by the rounded offsets 6 of the pins.

When the holder is not engaged by a pencil, the space between the loops 1 and 3 is considerably less than the diameter of the pencil, so that when the same is inserted between these two members it will be securely held in position between the loops by the pressure resulting from the springs 2. It is intended that while the resistance to flexure presented by the loop 1 will be such as to exert sufficient pressure to hold the pencil in position it will not operate to .prevent the pencil being readily inserted.

When the device is to be used, the pins 7 are inserted from the inside of a vest-pocket through to the outside thereof, the goods of the vest occupying the bend 5, after which the button is sprung upon the pins in the manner described, thereby effectually locking the device upon the vest against accidental separation therefrom. When thus positioned thereon, the emblem borne by the badge or button will be freely exposed for observation, and to this extent the device may be used alone as a badge-holder. The pencil may then be inserted between the pair of jaws formed by the bends or loops in the manner described and will be held firmly in place in the pocket of the wearer. It will be obvious that the holder may be of such size as to accommodate a fountain-pen, and as this willbe within the scope of the invention and will be readily understood detailed illustration is deemed unnecessary.

By reason of the fact that without the employment of the button the device would be practically inoperative for the purpose designed it will be seen that where a person uses the pencil-holder he will at the same time employ the badge, and if this bear advertising matter such matter will be exhibited in a practical and feasible manner.

From the foregoing it will be seen that while the device of the present invention is composed of but a few number of parts and these disposed in a simple manner, yet a thoroughly practical and effective device for the purpose designed is presented.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

What I claim is 1. A device of the character specified comprising a pencil-holder and garment-engaging means, and a button or badge detachably connected with the said means.

2. A device of the character specified com prising two oppositely-flexed members constituting a pencil-clamp, garment-engaging means carried by one of. the members, and a button or badge detachably engaging said means.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a pair of spring-jaws, a garment-piercing member carried by one of the jaws, and

a badge or button detachably applied to the garment-piercing member to prevent accidental displacement thereof.

4. A device of the characterdescribed, comprising a pair of spring-jaws, a two-tined gar- 8o ment-piercing member carried by one of the jaws, and a button or badge detachably embracing the tines of the garment-piercing member.

5. A device of the character specified comher carried by one of the jaw members, and a.

button or badge detachably carried by the garment-piercing member.

7. A device of the character specified, constructed of a piece of wire bent to form two resilient loops constituting'a pencil-clamp, too

the terminals of the wire constituting pins to pass through a garment, and a button having a hollow back detachably engaging the pins.

8. A device of the class described, comprising two loops having a spring connection and arranged within the garment, garment-engaging means connected to the crest of one loop and exposed on the outside of the garment, and a button adapted to be secured to the ex posed portion of the garment-engaging means. 1 1o 9. A device of the character described, comprising the two loops having a spring con nection at one end, garment-engaging pins extended from one of the loops, and a sleeve arranged at the junction of the pins with the loop. a 9

10. Adevice of the characterdescribed,comprising a pair of inverted substantially U- shaped jaw members, which have their corresponding ends connected by spring-coils, the

members being diverged from their spring connections, a pair of garment-piercing tines carried by the outer end of one of the jaws and a hollow button or badge detachably snapped upon the tines.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. MANGOLD.

Witnesses:

G. S. SNODGRASS, HENRY T. ANSHUTZ. 

